Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Escoheag (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Escoheag. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Escoheag is located in Kent County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kent County : New London (CT) , Windham (CT) , Bristol , Newport , Providence & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Escoheag. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Escoheag:
Kent County (The home county of Escoheag)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
West Greenwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
West Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
Greene (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Kitts Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Rice City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Rice City is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Coventry (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Gortons Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Coventry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Spring Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Shippee Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner East Greenwich (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Quidnick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Arkwright (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Phenix (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Annawomscutt (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Bristol (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Bristol (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Warren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Coggeshall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Jamestown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Jamestown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Clarks Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Brenton Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Prudence Island (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Lawtons (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Melville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Newport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Middletown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Portsmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Middletown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Portsmouth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Clayville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Clayville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Foster (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Richmond ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Rockland ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Rockland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Simmons Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Kent ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Ashland ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Chopmist (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Chopmist is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Foster (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Scituate (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
Meshanticut (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut North Scituate (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Oaklawn (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Lewis City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Arcadia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Austin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Moscow (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Moscow is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Hope Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Richmond (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Richmond is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
Wyoming (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Canonchet (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Canonchet is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Hopkinton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
Hopkinton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Tripps Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner Exeter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Liberty (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Middlesex County (CT)
Crowley Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Voluntown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Glasgo (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
North Stonington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
Preston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
North Stonington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Mashantucket (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Preston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Preston is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
Occum (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Occum is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Versailles (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Tolland County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Atwoodville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Mansfield Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Conantville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Conantville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Mount Hope (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Mansfield City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Gurleyville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Mansfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Storrs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Columbia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Columbia is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
Columbia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Eagleville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Amston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Coventry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Ekonk (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Oneco (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Sterling (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Almyville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Moosup (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Plainfield Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Plainfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Central Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Wauregan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Seekonk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Ocean Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove North Seekonk (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Globe Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Attleborough City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Blackstone (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Escoheag, see our County-by-County Page for Escoheag .
Cemeteries Near Escoheag ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Escoheag.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Escoheag - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Escoheag covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Henry Barber Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Perkins Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Locke Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Richmond Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Brainard Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Perkins Family Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Douglas Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Allen James Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Barber Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Crandall Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Job Kenyon Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Richmond Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (746 more) ...
Allen Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lot To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Lot is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> West Greenwich . Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #WG010 <3>
West Greenwich Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Potter Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Escoheag had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Escoheag, with the one closest to Escoheag listed first.
Arcadia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Voluntown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Rockville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Ekonk (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Oneco (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Greene (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Glasgo (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hope Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Wyoming (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Sterling (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pine Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Pine Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Canonchet (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Canonchet is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Continue List (17 more) ...
Vernon (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Vernon is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Laurel Glen (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Laurel Glen is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Glen Hopkinton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Escoheag. See our List of 1890's Communities around Escoheag .
Newspapers Published in Escoheag ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Escoheag.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Escoheag, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Escoheag.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Escoheag:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Kent County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Newport County Providence County Washington County Middlesex County New London County Tolland County Windham County Bristol County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Escoheag. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Escoheag) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Escoheag, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.